Fentanyl Seizures at Southern U.S. Border Have Increased 233% in One Year
On 4/19/21 at 11:32 AM EDT
Seizures of the deadly drug fentanyl increased by about 233 percent between March 2021 and last year as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials say the 652 pounds seized at the southwest border last month is part of a concerted increase in drug smuggling operations.
Data released by CBP Friday revealed that border agents have seized 2,098 pounds of fentanyl, compared with 639 pounds uncovered along the southwest border during the same period last year. The number of seizure events is nearly identical to one year ago, but public health officials continue to warn that drug overdose deaths likely exceeded more than 90,000 in 2020 and are on track to worsen in 2021. GOP lawmakers in Washington have pounced on the fentanyl seizure increase as the fault of President Joe Biden s inability to control the border surge of migrants.
Calif. s only wildfire research center makes scary discovery: This has never happened
April 12, 2021
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Researchers from San Jose State University s Fire Weather Lab visited Mount Umunhum on April 2, 2021, to test for fuel-moisture content in the vegetation.SJSU Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center
On the second day of April, the skies were clear and the view from atop Mount Umunhum in the South Bay spread across a sea of green shrubs and trees carpeting the Santa Cruz Mountains.
It was a beautiful sight, but a team of researchers from San Jose State University s Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center the only wildfire research center in California noticed something wasn t quite right.
Biden to nominate former Bay Area police chief to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency
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Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus. Magnus, the former chief of the Richmond Police Department, will be tapped to lead the federal Customs and Border Protection agency.Nick Oza / The Houston Chronicle
President Joe Biden plans to nominate former Richmond police chief Chris Magnus to serve as the commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, according to a statement from the White House.
Magnus, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, served as head of the Richmond Police Department from 2006 until 2016 when he began serving as chief of police in Tucson, Ariz.